Play Politics or Risk Your Job
Posted on04 Nov 2010
TagsPerformance, co-workers, confidence, drive, feelings, good job, interpersonal, Jeffrey Pfeffer, Job, Paths to Power, boss, politics, power, rationale, relationships, risk, Schumpeter, The Economist, The Will to Power, bank
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Once, a woman who had just joined a bank wanted to meet with me since I had experience working at a bank.... Read More
Improve Your Business; Find a Dissenter
Posted on21 Oct 2010
TagsBridge on the River Kwai, BNET Blog, Alec Guinness, Academy Awards, Brooke Harrington, harmony, Thomas A. Stewart, subconscious, Sam Spiegel, returns, peace, negative, movies, investors, investment clubs, dissent, decisions, David Lean, creativity, Copenhagen Business School, controversy, conflict, cognition, business
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A recent BNET post by Thomas A. Stewart talked about nurturing dissent and provided some valuable links. Rationally, it makes sense that... Read More
Inherent Conflict Between Talent and Large Organizations
Posted on09 Jul 2010
Tagsorganization, The Atlantic, technology, Talent, T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia), special forces, size, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, Personality, military, Imperial Grunts, freedom, employees, corporate, business, action
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An inherent conflict exists between talent and large organizations. They box it in. I first came across this in the landmark book... Read More
How Processes Reduce Need for Talent and Its Cost
A CEO of a 150-employee services company made this astute observation: processes reduce need for talent, and thus, reduce labor costs. This... Read More